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Podcast: New Books in Medieval History
Episode: Silvia Schwarz Linder, "Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripurarahasya" (Routledge, 2022)
Description: Silvia Schwarz Linder'sĀ Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the TripurarahasyaĀ (Routledge, 2022) is a study of the ÅrÄ«vidyÄ and ÅÄkta traditions in the context of South Indian intellectual history in the late middle ages.Associated with the religious tradition known as ÅrÄ«vidyÄ and devoted to the cult of the Goddess TripurÄ, the text was probably composed between the 13th and the 16th century CE. The analysis of its narrative parts addresses questions about the relationships between Tantric and PurÄį¹ic goddesses. The discussion of its philosophical and theological teachings tackles problems related to the...